CVE-2026-42314

medium

Published 2026-05-11 · Modified 2026-05-20

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CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.5

Description

pyLoad is a free and open-source download manager written in Python. Prior to 0.5.0b3.dev100, package folder names are sanitized using insufficient string replacement. The pattern ....// becomes .._ after replacement (partial removal), leaving .. which can be exploited when the path is later resolved by the OS. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.5.0b3.dev100.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
PyPI	pyload-ng	`<0.5.0b3.dev100`	`0.5.0b3.dev100`
PIP	pyload-ng	`<= 0.5.0b3.dev79`	`0.5.0b3.dev100`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
pyload-ng_project	pyload-ng	`{"endExcluding":"0.5.0b3.dev100"}`	`0.5.0b3.dev100`

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.